Civil War papers of Carleton Hunt, 1861-1864.

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Harvard College was founded by a vote of the Great and General Court of Massachusetts on October 28, 1636 that allocated “400£ towards a schoale or colledge.” Subsequent legislative acts established the Board of Overseers, but it was the Charter of 1650 that created the Harvard Corporation as the College's primary governing board and defined its composition and authority. The College Charter became a contentious target for College officials, the Massachusetts Governor and General C...

Hunt, Carleton, 1836-1921

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Carleton Hunt (1836-1921) earned his Harvard AB 1856. He was from Louisiana and received a commission as a first lieutenant of artillery from the governor of Louisiana in 1861. He was captured by federal forces but was paroled. He went to New York and wrote a brief memoir there in 1864. He later became a law professor and dean at the University of Louisiana (which is now Tulane University) and a member of the United States Congress. From the description of Civil War papers of Carleto...

Wight, Rezin A.

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